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70126

ZIP 70126 is in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Orleans Parish; area code 504; Central time. New Orleans has 61 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Orleans
Population
27,047
Coordinates
30.0195, -90.0176
☼ Live from 70126 — New Orleans, LA

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Where 70126 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 70126
  • 🔢 Type 70126 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gZIOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 70,126 = 2 × 7 × 5009. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001000111101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70125 (New Orleans, LA, 7 mi away) and 70127 (New Orleans, LA, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70126 becomes 62107, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 62 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01267, 02176, 02671, 02761, 06127, 06712, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02671 in West Harwich, MA, 1,370 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 56%.
  • 🎯832 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70126 and you would come out at 30.02°S, 89.98°E — 1,310 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 13m.
  • 📏 At 12.1 square miles of land, 70126 is bigger than 30% of ZIP codes — room for about 9.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population27,047This ZIP27,047
Households10,028This ZIP10,028
Housing units12,498This ZIP12,498
Median age38.4This ZIP38.4Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Median household income$41,709This ZIP$41,709Louisiana$60,756US $80,734
Median home value$191,600This ZIP$191,600Louisiana$216,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,103This ZIP$1,103Louisiana$1,064US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.2%This ZIP23.2%
Mean commute25.8 minThis ZIP25.8 min
Population density2,239.7 / sq miThis ZIP2,239.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments323This ZIP323
Employees6,214This ZIP6,214
Annual payroll$273,617,000This ZIP$273,617,000
Tax returns filed11,410This ZIP11,410
Total adjusted gross income$424,728,000This ZIP$424,728,000

Land area

Land area12.08 sq miThis ZIP12.08 sq mi
Water area3.15 sq miThis ZIP3.15 sq mi

Other place names in 70126

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 70126

ZIPCityDistance
70127 New Orleans, LA 2.7 mi
70122 New Orleans, LA 2.9 mi
70148 New Orleans, LA 3.0 mi
70117 New Orleans, LA 3.6 mi
70128 New Orleans, LA 4.3 mi
70116 New Orleans, LA 4.6 mi
70032 Arabi, LA 4.9 mi
70119 New Orleans, LA 5.2 mi
70124 New Orleans, LA 5.2 mi
70044 Chalmette, LA 5.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70126?

70126 is in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Orleans Parish, part of the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.0195, -90.0176.

What county is 70126 in?

70126 lies in Orleans Parish.

What area code is 70126?

New Orleans uses area code 504, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 70126 in?

70126 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 70126?

About 27,047 people live in ZIP code 70126, in 10,028 households, at 2,239.7 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 70126?

$41,709 a year, against $60,756 across Louisiana.

What ZIP codes are near 70126?

The closest are 70127 (2.7 mi), 70122 (2.9 mi), 70148 (3 mi), 70117 (3.6 mi) and 70128 (4.3 mi).

Is 70126 a PO Box ZIP code?

70126 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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